The Oklahoma City municipal counselor office dismissed the Oklahoma County District Court's lawsuits against the owners of the property that the city council selected for a convention center Tuesday.

By dismissing the lawsuits, Oklahoma City's attempt to acquire a property that used to be a car dealership south of the Myriad Botanical Gardens, according to a news release. Also, it allows Oklahoma City to reopen the site selection process for the MAPS 3 Convention Center in search of a location that better fits the land acquisition budget.

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Oklahoma City's budget for the MAPS 3 Convention Center includes $13 million for land acquisition, although the property owner provided documents estimating the land's value at more than $100 million.

“It became obvious to the city manager, the municipal counselor and me that purchasing this proposed MAPS 3 Convention Center site is not in the best interest of our residents and the MAPS program,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said in the release. “This protects the integrity of the MAPS program and shows our commitment to build every MAPS 3 project within budget while meeting or exceeding the expectations of our residents.”

Oklahoma City and Populous, the project's consultant, will revisit the site selection process with the MAP 3 citizens Advisory Board and the Convention Center subcommittees.

“This remains a citizen-led initiative, which has been the bedrock of MAPS since the very beginning and has helped us earn the trust of Oklahoma City’s residents,” Cornett said. “We’re going to get right back to work on the site selection process, and our expectation of building an incredible, on-budget MAPS 3 Convention Center is unchanged.